[rpd] Preparation for the Upcoming Public Policy Meeting in 2026

[PDWG Chair]

Dear AFRINIC PDWG,

We would like to welcome you to the new year.

According to the Policy Development Process, policy changes are proposed 
by the Community.  In anticipation of the upcoming Public Policy Meeting 
(PPM) in 2026, we kindly request that you commence  the work on 
developing and submitting new Draft Policy Proposals (DPPs).

No new policy proposals have been received since May 2022 and those 
proposals that were under discussion expired a calendar year after their 
submission.

While the dates of the PPM are not yet known, to avoid a rush of 
last-minute submissions and to ensure that the problem statements are 
well defined, we encourage the authors:

(a)who withdrew their proposals “PDP Working Group Guidelines and 
Procedures AFPUB-2020-GEN-002-DRAFT06” and “Update of PDP 
AFPUB-2021-GEN-002-DRAFT03” to work together and propose a joint version 
that will address the implementation concerns.

(b)whose policies expired to submit a new version of their proposals if 
they wish their DPPs to run for consensus determination.

(c)to consider the past Policy Implementation Experience Reports 
<https://www.afrinic.net/policy/implementation-reports>and use the 
published issues as problem statements.

All submitted proposals can be discussed on the RPD mailing 
list(rpd at afrinic.net) as of now. Once the AFRINIC Secretariat announces 
the date on which the PPM will be held, we will communicate further on 
the timelines to be adhered to in accordance with Section 3 of the 
Consolidated Policy Manual  for the proposals to go through the Policy 
Development Process for consensus determination.

Your efforts are vital to the policy development process.

Past webinars on the Policy Development Process are available for 
consultation here - https://www.afrinic.net/events/webinar-series 
<https://www.afrinic.net/events/webinar-series>. The PDWG may reach out 
to us in case they wish to discuss any new topic or a refresher.

We look forward to your contributions in the coming months.

Kind Regards,

Dr. Vincent Ngundi and Darwin Da Costa

*AFRINIC PDWG Co-Chairs***
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